Blue Turquoise Teardrop Bead StringPrice is per 8 inch string of these beautiful beads ready for stringing. About 18 teardrops to the string. Each bead measures 12mm x 12mm x 6mm. Chinese Turquoise is a soft, opaque gemstone. Ranging from blue green, to yellow green with grey, black or brown veining . Much Chinese turquoise was used for artistic carving and jewellery, which has always been popular in the Orient. In China, Turquoise dates to the thirteenth century A. D. Although most